Belichick talks draft day, Mark Ingram to work out for the Patriots and more

AP Photo/Michael ConroyAlabama running back Mark Ingram will work out for the Patriots and is arguably the best running back in the draft.

Bill Belichick was a man of many words Monday. The topic - draft day.

Belichick was a guest on Sirius NFL Radio's "Movin' the Chains" program Monday morning and ESPN broke down the highlights.

With so many early picks, the Patriots are obviously the team to talk to in terms of trades on draft day. I know that, you know that, and Belichick knows that.

"We’ve definitely been contacted by teams below us, offering [us] to move back, and [teams] seeing if we want to move up into a better position. Of course, that usually doesn’t get finalized until draft day, but there definitely seems to be a lot of interest in our draft picks. As you know, we’re not afraid to trade them.”

Sounds like something could be in the works come draft day.

Interest in the quarterback position? Seems like it, but it looks like we have to wait until draft day to find out.

“It will be interesting to see how the whole quarterback thing plays out and how quickly those quarterbacks come off the board. It seems like there are a number of teams interested in them. That may or may not have an effect on the [trade] movement in the first round, relative to that position.”

Too early to draft a quarterback?

The Big Tuna doesn't think so. In a conference call Monday morning, Bill Parcells was asked if the Patriots and Colts should start looking for replacements for the face of their franchise.

"I think any time you get into your 30s or mid 30s like they’re approaching or currently in, you have to start thinking about it a little bit because you go out there one Sunday and it can be over pretty quickly or your skills can deteriorate pretty quickly. I think it would be in the back of both teams’ minds now. You know, ‘Hey, maybe we ought to think about doing something here.'"

Mark Ingram to work out for the Patriots

The 2009 Heisman Trophy winner and arguably the best running back in the draft will work out for the Patriots according to NESN.

Alabama running back Mark Ingram tweeted Monday that he's flying into Boston and you know what that means... he will be working out at Gillette.

All teams are allowed to host 30 private workouts at their facility, and that window expires Wednesday. Ingram has been linked to the Patriots for a number of reasons, but there are concerns over the health of his knees, so the Pats would have an obvious interest in a medical recheck.

His knees are definitely a concern and the Patriots don't often use high draft picks on running backs, so if you're Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots, do you draft Ingram?